New COVID-19 Cases Decline Slightly at La Crosse Co., 315 More in Wisconsin

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) – The number of new cases continues to rise according to the La Crosse County Health Department.

On Monday, La Crosse County Health said they had 12 new cases. Those are in addition to 19 cases on Saturday and 16 on Sunday.

Combined, the total for La Crosse County is 428.

As of Monday, 171 are considered recovered and 246 active cases in the county.

Overall, the county’s positive percentage rate is now 3.6 percent.

There are currently two people hospitalized.

The demographics of the cases over the weekend and today involve the following age groups as published by the county:

Saturday Case Count Numbers (6/27):
19 confirmed cases
400 total cases
0 deaths
2 hospitalized
39 negative tests completed
32.7% positive

Demographics of Saturday (06/27):
15-19 = 1
20-29 = 13
30-39 = 2
40-49 = 1
50-59 = 1
80+ = 1
10 men and 9 women

Sunday Case Count Numbers (6/28):
16 confirmed cases
416 total cases
0 deaths
2 hospitalized
501 negative tests completed
3.1% positive

Demographics for Sunday (06/28):
15-19 = 1
20-29 = 8
30-39 = 3
40-49 = 2
50-59 = 2
9 men and 7 women

Today’s Positive%: 17%
Total positive%: 3.6%

Demographics of today’s case:
15-19 = 1
20-29 = 4
30-39 = 2
40-49 = 1
50-59 = 1
60-69 = 1
70-79 = 1
1 unknown
4 men and 8 women

The health department did not release symptom information in any of the new cases.

Today, the county had 599 new negative tests reported by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services totaling 11,386.

The COVID-19 compass for the county continues in the Severe Risk (RED) category for the spread of the virus in the community.

On Monday, the county said they were changing the way they notify companies listed on their Outbreaks and Investigations page. They said they would only notify a business if there was a high-risk exposure to the virus. Medium and low risk companies would not be notified unless the exposure involved an employee. Get details of those changes here.

The Outbreaks and Investigations page provides locations, dates, and sometimes when people who later tested positive for the virus visited you. The health department will update it at 4 pm Monday through Friday.

Find that information here.

Anyone in one of the high-risk locations mentioned on the page on dates must complete an evaluation and referral form found here.

MADISON (WKOW) – There have been no new deaths from COVID-19 since yesterday, and the percentage of positive tests has dropped to 5.3 percent.

The Department of Health Services reported 5,612 new test results, of which 315, or 5.3 percent, tested positive, according to figures released today.

DHS also reported 11 new hospitalizations.

More than 525,000 tests have been negative. 28,054, or 79 percent of those cases have recovered.

According to DHS, measuring the percentage of new cases returned on testing each day helps to differentiate whether the increases in cases are due to further spread or more testing.

They now have a county-level dashboard to assess COVID-19 activity level in counties and regions of the Health Care Emergency Preparedness Coalition that measure what DHS calls the burden in each county. See the board HERE.

State figures for the Western Region, which includes Buffalo, Trempealeau, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon and Crawford counties, show eight people hospitalized with COVID-19. None of them needs intensive care.

In the state, there are 237 people hospitalized with the virus. 90 are in intensive care.

Here is a look at case counts in the region:

According to the CDC, symptoms can appear 2 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches.
• Headache
• New loss of taste or odor.
• Sore throat
• Stuffy or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea